Homeless man became a star of the Chinese Internet
“Brother Sharp”, The Most handsome beggar on earth?
A HOMELESS man who spends his days and nights wandering the streets of Ningbo in Zhejiang Province, has gained near star status, thanks to his “good looks and sharp dress sense.”
A growing number of Internet users are tracking the whereabouts of the still unidentified man, whose fans have nicknamed him Brother Sharp.
He is one of the most talked-about personalities in Chinese cyberspace today.
Several netizens are calling Brother Sharp “the most handsome underdog of this century.”
However, a worker at the Ningbo homeless center said his colleagues had contacted Brother Sharp on several occasions to offer him shelter, but he had refused.
Brother Sharp’s dress sense has caught the attention of the pampered post-90s generation, who say they are now copying the beggar’s rugged style.
Brother Sharp has even caught the attention of Internet users in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan, who say they find it hard to believe that such a handsome man could be homeless.
The person who first posted Brother Sharp’s photographs on tianya.cn wrote that the vagabond “may be mentally disturbed” and asked netizens to stop chasing him.
On Tuesday, Brother Sharp first spoke in public. He persisted in refusing help from the Ningbo shelter, and even shed tears and shouted to the heavens.
via Shenzhen Daily
